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Return of the Fearsome Fangs!
Original Airdate - February 20th, 2009
Fox, Vulture and Shark join the evil Shadow Clan
in an attack on the ancient Wudang Temple and
kill Master Wong Fei in a battle of flying
arrows and martial arts. Flying swords, ninjas
and the supernatural collide when Batman and
Bronze Tiger must face their former colleagues.
When the Terrible Trio steals the Wudang Totem
and transform into unstoppable mystical
creatures, it's up to Batman and Bronze Tiger to
save us all!
Written by Todd Casey
Directed by Brandon Vietti
Review by Andrew
Media provided by Warner Bros. Animation |
Cast
Deidrich Bader as Batman
Phil Morris as Fox / Jonah
Hex
Gary Sturgis as Bronze Tiger
Paul
Nakauchi as Wong Fei
Eduardo Ballerini as
Jack/ Vulture
Music
Theme Written and Performed by Andy Strumer
Music by Michael McCuisition, Lolita Ritmanis,
Kristopher Carter |
Images
Review
Starting off with the rarely used western hero Jonah
Hex, we find Batman in an anachronistic setting to fight
off a gunslinger form of the Royal Flush gang - whose
leader seems to be also be voiced by Deidrich Bader.
Strangely they never seem to notice Batman despite his
only disguise being a small poncho and sombrero.
Apparently bright blue gloves and boots are common in
these parts. Although fitting in with some of the most
bizarre openings of the series, this segment holds
incredible fun with one of the best animated horse
chases I've ever seen. It really leaves you wanting more
team-ups with Hex and Batman.
On the completely
opposite of the spectrum, the story for the rest of the
episode starts off in a scene that leaves you wondering
if you accidentally popping in Kung Fu Panda. The
Terrible Trio - Fox, Shark and Vulture - have returned
to animated form, last seen as pompous comrades from
Bruce Wayne's millionaire-life in B:TAS. This time,
however, they're a band of misfit ninjas tormenting
their old master, whom also taught Bruce as "the Bat"
alongside this trio. This was a very nice inclusion to
the show as we've seen very little of Bruce Wayne
himself, so having his past training shown was a great
bonus to the episode. Teamed up with Bats to take down
the Terrible Trio is a never-before-animated hero named
Bronze Tiger, who also trained alongside Bruce and the
Terrible Trio in the past. Together, they fail to stop
the Terrible Trio from retrieving the usual kung fu plot
device; an ancient totem. The episode then delves into
absolute weirdness as the Trio are mutated into
creatures based on their personas, and later Batman and
Tiger.
After Bronze Tiger transforms into a
Tiger, and Batman transforms into Batmanbat or Manbatman
as they engage in rather disappointing fight with the
mutated trio and their unexplained shadow army. Although
the episode is still interesting, the end fight is as
said; disappointing. The individual fights are
short-lived and ended too easily, heavily overshadowed
by the immensely enjoyable horse-chase in the opening.
At the very least, though, you do have to appreciate the
Trio storyline for not being afraid to kill off another
person, especially with the slow method in which the
character is killed. Still, it is definitely one of the
lesser episodes of the show.
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